7 Key Questions you must ask about Backups

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7 Key Questions you must ask about Backups

The survival of your business may one day depend on the data backups you took to guard against IT equipment failure, Data loss or malicious Hacking.
Many businesses don’t realise their backups are inadequate until it’s too late. Ask yourself these questions – and answer honestly – to understand how well your business is protected.

It takes time and expertise to create and implement a backup and recovery plan.

To help you create a plan, we have listed Key Questions you must ask about Backups.
You will find more information in the FREE eBook which you are welcome to download now.

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Windows XP – A New Cost-effective Way for Schools to Upgrade

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Windows XP – A New Cost-effective Way for Schools to Upgrade

The Withdrawal of support for the Windows XP operating system, has impacted significantly on Irish schools. Many Irish Primary and Secondary schools have PCs in classrooms, computer rooms and offices with XP on them. The cost of upgrading operating systems and replacing hardware is a very big burden for already strained schools’ budgets.

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The End of Windows XP - How will this affect you?

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The End of Windows XP - How will this affect you?

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. What implications does this mean for your business?

  • Microsoft will NOT be releasing any more security patch updates so this represents a potential internet security breach
  • Anti-virus companies will NOT be releasing updates to their anti-virus products that reside on Windows XP environments
  • Later versions of internet browsers will NOT work on Windows XP
  • Microsoft Office 2013 will NOT install on Windows XP
  • Hardware manufacturers will NOT be releasing any Windows XP device drivers for their products so potential for more compatibility issues
  • You risk system failure and business downtime because your systems will not be supportable and your hardware may become obsolete

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9 things you should know about Wi-Fi in Schools

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9 things you should know about Wi-Fi in Schools

Everybody knows Wi-Fi. We use it at home, on holidays or in shopping centres and cafes.

But if you are responsible for Wi-Fi in your school, here are some interesting facts that you should know and consider when (or should) Wi-Fi raises its head at your next IT budget meeting at your school.  

Here are   9 things you should know about Wi-Fi in Schools
and these are based on our experience of helping 100's of schools and colleges.

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Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan for your IT Systems?

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Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan for your IT Systems?

As IT Systems have become increasingly critical and necessary to the smooth operation of a company or an organisation, the importance of ensuring the continued operation of those systems, or the rapid recovery of the systems after a mishap, has increased.
Planning for continuation or recovery of systems needs to be taken very seriously...

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